笨小笨Birth of the Blues歌词由Johnny Hartman演唱，出自专辑《The Complete Bethlehem Sessions (Bonus Track Version)》，下面是《Birth of the Blues》完整版歌词！
Birth of the Blues歌词完整版
Birth of the Blues - Johnny Hartman
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Oh they say some people along ago
他们说有些人很久以前
Where lookin' for a different tune
在哪里寻找不同的曲调
One that they could coon
一个他们可以欺骗的人
As only they can
只有他们可以
They only had the rhythm
他们只有音乐
So they started swingin' to and fro
于是他们开始来回摇摆
They didn't know just what to use
他们不知道该怎么做
But this is how the blues
布鲁斯音乐就是这样的
Really began
真正开始
This is the way the blues began
布鲁斯音乐就是这样开始的
They heard the breeze
他们听到微风吹拂
Through the trees
穿过树林
Singing weird melodies
唱着奇怪的旋律
And they named that
他们以此命名
Just the start of the blues
布鲁斯音乐拉开序幕
Then from a jail
然后从监狱出来
There came a wail
传来一声哀号
From a down-heart frail
从意志消沉到脆弱
And they played that
他们播放着音乐
As a part of the blues
作为布鲁斯的一部分
Now from a whippoorwill
现在变成了夜猫子
Sittin' high on a hill
坐在高高的山上
They took a new note
他们换了个说法
And they pushed it through a horn
他们把它按进喇叭里
Until it was worn into a blue note
后来变成了蓝色
And they nursed it
他们悉心呵护
Yeah rehearsed it
预演过
And then gave out the news
然后发布消息
That the South Land
南方的土地
Really gave birth to the blues
布鲁斯音乐由此诞生
From a whippoorwill
来自夜猫子
High on a hill
高高的山上
They grabbed a new note
他们换了一个音符
And they pushed it through a horn
他们把它按进喇叭里
Until it was worn into a blue note
后来变成了蓝色
And then they nursed it
他们悉心呵护
Oh rehearsed it
预演过
And then gave out the news
然后发布消息
That the South Land
南方的土地
Gave birth to the blues
孕育了布鲁斯音乐
That that old South Land
那片古老的南方土地
Gave birth birth to the blues
孕育了布鲁斯音乐
